11. Brian Griffin

Within hours of the talking dog’s out-of-nowwhere offing on Family Guy, devastated fans started a Change.org petition to resurrect him, notching more than 122,000 signatures to date. Meanwhile, rumors persist that he’ll reappear in future episodes.

No Katniss Everdeen is not influential because she inspired products created for mass production. Just no. Katniss Everdeen is a symbol for hope and revolution. She represents strength and courage through hard times and her story inspires us to stand up to anybody trying to control us. She is one of the best female characters of our generation and should be acknowledged for it.

Where the hell is Carrie Matheson? She would have that skank Olivia Pope stuffed in a cargo crate on the next freighter to some CIA black site. She's way more interesting, relatable and socially relevant.

Hrm... While I applaud the idea of the "Burka Avenger" leading the charge to fight corrupt politicians and educate Muslim women, and while she looks pretty cool to westerners who automatically associate her garb with Japanese ninjas, I don't think that it's super positive that she wears (and is named after) the garment that essentially represents female oppression in Islam.

Seriously? That's why you think Katniss Everdeen is influential? Because corporations missed the point entirely and continue to act like the Capitol? Damn. Read the books. Katniss one of the first of Hollywood's strong, leading female characters and her plight brings to light the struggle against income inequality that is plaguing our real life world. #WeAretheDistricts

I agree with Walter White being number one, but I don't know about the rest of this list. I'd argue that Doctor Who likely deserves a place here, too. 50th anniversary, longest running sci-fi series, successful cross from British to American television...it was a good year for the mad man in a box.

@Nicoleeoli12 If you read the books, Katniss is pretty much a pawn that the Capitol and then District 13 uses and goes pretty psychotic as people try to manipulate her. She's relevant, influential,memorable and dynamics, but I'm not sure she's particuarly strong especially without Peeta's help.

@RichardBergstrom@Nicoleeoli12I have read the books, and Katniss is much more than a pawn, and she does NOT go psychotic. She is a strong, brave and compassionate girl who fights to protect those she loves (from the moment she volunteered for her little sister, and before when she had to be her family's breadwinner by hunting since age 11) and who has defied the mighty Capitol and become a symbol for people. This is why people like Snow, Plutarch, Coin wanted to use and manipulate her - and what else did you expect? She has no political power, she is 16-17 and from an impoverished district. But they can't really control her - she breaks free from their control time and again.

*SPOILERS*

In Mockingjay (when she IS without Peeta's help, and when she is depressed and suffering from severe PTSD and falling apart), she inspires the revolution, which does line up with Coin's interests, but she also finds a way to bring District 2 to the rebellion without bloodshed - on her own, completely separately from any plans by the D13 leaders, through personal example and sacrifice. And when she realizes that the outcome of the revolution is an "Animal Farm" one, and that nothing would change under Coin's regime except for the players, she takes matters into her own hands, dupes Coin and then assassinates her, preventing her from ruling Panem as Snow 2.0 and re-installing the Games with Capitol children - even though she believed it would mean her own death. It doesn't, but Katniss ends up as an unsung hero, who is going to be seen as an insane fallen hero, for the act that ensured Panem's future.